The Missing Christmas Parcel

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"The Missing Christmas Parcel"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 6
Episode: Special
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton, John Lane
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 52769
First broadcast8 December 1955 (1955-12-08)
Guest appearance
Assisted by John Snagge
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The Missing Christmas Parcel — Post Early for Christmas is a Christmas special episode from The Goon Show performed as part of Children's Hour. It is the thirteenth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 12.15pm on Sunday 27 November 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Thursday 8 December 1955 at 5pm as part of Children's Hour. It reached a peak listenership of 0.8m.

No known, publically available recording, is known to exist as of 29 December 2024.

Radio Times Synopsis

Miss Bannister listening to the show with her ear trumpet

Neddie Seagoon endeavours to illustrate, with the aid of a smoked-glass ear-trumpet, exactly what happens to Christmas parcels that are posted too late to arrive before Christmas. Be warned by the ghastly series of misfortunes and POST EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS.